Black Friday Deals

CRISFIELD –  FIREWORKS
Sunday, July 3, 2011 - 9:00 PM
Somers Cove Marina

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LEWES – OLD FASHIONED JULY 4TH
Monday, July 4, 2011 - 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Downtown Lewes
Old-fashioned children’s games and activities on Second Street beginning at 9 am. Decorated boat parade on the canal beginning at 2 pm. Presented by the City of Lewes, the Lewes Chamber of Commerce and the Lightship Overfalls.

The Infamous Lewes Doo-Daa Parade
Monday, July 4, 2011 - 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Join in (or simply watch) the fun as the Doo-Dah Parade takes to the streets of downtown Lewes.  Jump in if you want to..no registration necessary…just bring an aptitude for fun!

Parade Route:  Manila Avenue, Kings Highway, Savannah Road, 2nd Street, Market Street, and 3rd Street.

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MILLSBORO – PARADE
Monday, July 4, 2011 - 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, State and Ellis Street
Join us on Monday, July 4, 2011 for our annual Youth 4th of July Parade.  This is an event for children 12 and under.  Decorate your stroller, tricycle,bike or wagon in your most patriotic design.  Kids are encouraged to dress in a patriotic way.

The festivities will kick off at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Labyrinth on Ellis St. with a short ceremony.  The parade will kick off from there and proceed to State St. and cross over and proceed to Morris St. where we will turn left and proceed to Cupola Park.  The Millsboro Police Dept. will help with traffic control.

At Cupola Park awards will be given out.  Come out for a morning of fun and help celebrate America’s Birthday.

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REHOBOTH – FIREWORKS
Monday, July 4, 2011 - 8:00 PM
Downtown Rehoboth Beach & Bandstand
Come celebrate Independence Day Downtown!

July 4th Fireworks are presented by Main Street & Zambelli Internationale.  Every year on the July 4th weekend, more than 80,000 people gather on the boardwalk and shoreline in Rehoboth Beach for a marvelous fireworks display.

8-9 p.m. A preformance by U.S. Navy Country Current at the Bandstand
9:15-ish -  A spectacular Fireworks display visible from the beach and boardwalk in Rehoboth and up and down the coast.
After Fireworks- A post-preformance at the Bandstand by The Funsters

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OCEAN CITY, MD - FIREWORKS
Monday, July 4, 2011 - 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM
North Division Street
Enjoy a free concert at 8 p.m., followed by fireworks at 9:30 p.m. downtown on the beach at North Division Street.

Northside Park
127th Street bayside
Entertainment and then fireworks beginning at 9:30pm

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BETHANY BEACH -28TH ANNUAL PARADE
Monday, July 4, 2011 - 12:00 PM
Downtown Bethany Beach
The theme of this year’s parade is “The United States Constitution”.  

Pertinent Parade information is as follows:
- Registration for floats, bikes and walkers is from 9AM to 11:30AM on Monday July 4th. No preregistration.

- The parade will step-off on Monday, July 4th starting at 12:00 noon.

OTHER EVENTS IN BETHANY BEACH
-  The 23 annual horseshoe throwing contest will be held at the conclusion of the parade located on the South West corner of the Christian Church Grounds.

- The second annual Blue Berry Pie Eating contest will be held at the conclusion of the parade adjacent to the Christian Church Building. Children and adults ages 5-80 are invited to participate. Pre registration will be available at “Ruthie’s Bethany Beach Bakery”, 115 Garfield Parkway.

-  Presentation of awards will be on the Bethany Beach Bandstand at 7:15 PM.

-  Band concert at 7:30 PM.

- The Fireworks display will be on Monday July 4th at dusk.

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LAUREL – July 4th CELEBRATION
July 4, 2011 - 7:30 AM – DUSK
Downtown Laurel
Prayer Breakfast 7:30 am; Red, White and Blue parade 10:00am; car show 10:00 am; Mayor’s contest 11:30am; Pie Eating Contest 1:00 pm; Talent Show 2:30pm; Not My Own performing 5:00pm – 6:30pm and Bo Dickerson Band 7:00 until dusk and Fireworks at dusk.

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DOVER CELEBRATION
Monday, July 4, 2011 - Downtown Dover

Monday, July 4th in downtown Dover is the 2011 Dover Fourth of July Celebration! We’re planning historic exhibits and tours throughout the day, the American Legion parade, hours of musical performances on Legislative Mall, free children’s activities, and food and craft vendors. It all leads to an exciting fireworks finish!

Schedule:
9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. – Guided tours of Legislative Hall (photo ID required for all adults)

9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.- The Biggs Museum of American Art will be open.

9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. – The Johnson Victrola Museum will feature A Sousa Celebration. Listen to John Philip Sousa recordings played on authentic Victor Talking Machines and meet the legendary composer and bandmaster in a living history performance at 3 p.m.

9 a.m. to 6 p.m. – First State Heritage Park Welcome Center, featuring the current exhibit “USS Delaware: An American Battleship” and the Historic Dover Scavenger Hunt, to find the clues hidden throughout Dover’s historic sites and museums.

9 a.m. to 6 p.m. – Guided tours of The Old State House on The Green

9 a.m. to 6 p.m. – Children’s Colonial games & activities on The Green

10 a.m. – “We Poor Devils.” Guided tour exploring the display “The Civil War: Five Delaware Soldiers’ Stories.” First State Heritage Park Welcome Center and Galleries.

11 a.m. – Dover’s Heroes of the Revolution Walking Tour. Meet at the John Bell House on The Green, for Tories, Whigs, militia, and insurrection! Dover was a hotbed of revolutionary and loyalist activity during the struggle for American Independence. Revisit the Revolution as you visit the Dover Green and two historic cemeteries.

Noon – “We Poor Devils.” Guided tour exploring the display “The Civil War: Five Delaware Soldiers’ Stories.” First State Heritage Park Welcome Center and Galleries.

12:30 to 3:30 p.m. – Chime in, Dover! with The Capital Ringers. Dover’s own handbell choir, the Capital Ringers will be in The Old State House discussing bell history and teaching children of all ages how to ring the handbells themselves, leading to the 2p.m. national bell-ringing ceremony.

1 p.m. – Tales of Slavery and Freedom Walking Tour. The Dover Green was a place where free and enslaved men and women lived out their lives, where national decisions regarding slavery were debated, and where a brave group of runaways known as the Dover Eight made a daring escape from the Dover Jail. Learn about Dover’s complicated positions regarding freedom and slavery, and its role as a border state during the Civil War. Meet at the John Bell House on The Green.

2 p.m. – Let Freedom Ring at The Old State House. Return to July 1776 when the Declaration of Independence was first read to the people of Dover. Enjoy this dramatic reading by historical interpreters and relive the excitement of that historic year as bells throughout Dover ring to honor the nation’s founders.

2:30p.m. – “We Poor Devils.” Guided tour exploring the display “The Civil War: Five Delaware Soldiers’ Stories.” First State Heritage Park Welcome Center and Galleries.

3 p.m. – “The March King.” Meet the legendary composer and bandmaster John Philip Sousa as portrayed by living-history performer Eddy Seger. Johnson Victrola Museum, 375 S. New St.

3:30 p.m. – Dover’s Heroes of the Revolution Walking Tour. A second tour of the day on this fascinating topic, starting at the John Bell House on The Green.

5 to 8:30 p.m. – Children’s activities. Moonbounces, an inflatable obstacle course, pony rides and train rides at the west end of Legislative Mall near the Liberty Bell replica.

5 to 9 p.m. – Craft and food vendors. Dozens of food, craft and other vendors will be open for business on Duke of York Street on the north side of Legislative Mall.

6pm – Old Fashioned 4th of July parade. Organized by American Legion Walter L. Fox Post No. 2.  The parade route is down State Street, starting at Hazel Road and ending just past The Green.

7:30 p.m. – The 287th Army Band of the Delaware National Guard begins a concert of patriotic, pop and other favorites in front of Legislative Hall.

8 p.m. – Opening ceremony featuring an Air Force flyover, presentation of the colors and our National Anthem in front of Legislative Hall.

8:15 p.m. – The 287th Army Band of the Delaware National Guard continues its show, finishing about 9:15 p.m. with Tchaikovsky’s exciting “Overture 1812” – complete with cannons – leading into the fireworks.

Approximately 9:20 p.m. – Fireworks! Exploding in the sky over Legislative Hall, the pyrotechnics show by Bay Fireworks will feature this year’s musical theme: “Party In The USA.”